Tony Lock
10 Stories
Hope for IT spending ahead
Insight perspective Just because we're in a recession doesn't mean all IT spending is on hold. Expect some innovative projects and financing over coming months, says consultant.
Tags: IT budgeting, Infrastructure/architecture management, Budgeting/cost control, Investments, Investment, IT-spending, Workforce, financing, Tony Lock, Freeform
Why are IT systems so unreliable?
Insight perspective IT systems are notorious for failing just when they're needed most. Can organizations do anything to fix this?
Tags: Virtualization, Security Management, Business security, Application Availability, Service Availability, application virtualization, Tony Lock, performance, Hardware, software
Securing your business--what to invest in
Insight Today's enterprise faces loads of security challenges. Find out which areas to focus on to keep your organization's data safe and sound.
Tags: Network security, Security Management, Business security, Data security, Authentication, Security, Organization, IT Budget, IT Security, Cloud Computing
Microsoft gets tough on Office fakers
News People who can't validate their Office software as licensed will be denied access to add-ons and updates, the company says.
Tags: Microsoft Office, Piracy
Red Hat, Microsoft expand virtualization alliance
News The rivals have teamed up to make virtualization deployment easier and more flexible for enterprises.
Tags: Virtualization, Patents, Microsoft Corp., Red Hat Inc., Microsoft Windows Server Hyper-V, Server, software, Microsoft Windows Server, alliance, agreement
EMC offers tool for managing virtual systems
News The company has announced an analysis tool that it says can help IT managers understand the relationships between virtual servers, physical servers and the network.
Tags: Virtualization, Data centers, Smarts Server Management, EMC Corp., Tool, VMware Inc., analysis tool, Environment, Server, virtual server
The cloud: From monolith to federation
News Organizations around the world are coming to terms with cloud computing, but what can we expect from this technology over the coming year?
Tags: Software-as-a-service (SaaS), Virtualization, Hewlett-Packard Co., IBM Corp., Cloud, Electronic Data Systems Corp., Berlin, Gartner Inc., Service, software
Microsoft: How we'll take on VMware
News Company believes it has the tools and the right price point to beat VMware in battle for virtualization market.
Tags: Virtualization, Microsoft Corp., VMware Inc., Hypervisor, Environment, software, industry, strategy, analyst, desktop
BEA bears the brunt as Oracle hikes prices
News Oracle has made significant increases to prices across its portfolio, and particularly in relation to BEA software.
Tags: Software, Business applications, Virtualization, Price, BEA Systems Inc., Oracle Corp., shareholder, asset, U.S., BEA WebLogic Server
Bertelsmann seeking a bounce
News The company seemed to be leading media giants in their quest to tame the Internet tiger without getting eaten. But a year after its team-up with Napster, people are starting to wonder.
